Thank you all for all of your support! I know I've been super crazy posting in this thread, but I just watched a video of the total being raised for the first time and it was amazing.
Feel free to check it out. It really shows the excitement and pride in this year's total.
If you listen carefully there is just a short pause where everyone was dumbstruck right when the 9 was raised.
Just awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj5NNh7IfT4